Oil-tank



(No Model.)

S. VAN ANTWERP.

OIL TANK. 7

No. 320,514. Patented June 23, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEFIcE.

SYLVESTER VAN ANTWERP, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

OIL-TANK.

srncrrica'rrori forming part of Letters Patent-110320514, dated June 23, 1885.

Application filed February 19, 1885.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLvEs'rEE VAN'ANT- WERP, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful improvements in oil-tanks of that class used by dealers for storage and for retailing small quantities of oil, for which purposes such tanks are provided with a pump and space within the cover for measures and funnels, and with a drain or strainer to permit the drippings to return into the tank; and my invention consists in certain features of construction, hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan, the cover being partly open or raised. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the upper portion ofthe tank, showing the cover completely opened; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing the cover partly opened.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the fig ures.

A is the body of the tank.

13 B are the sides of the cover, which are convex in form and of practically the shape of one-half of a dish, the curve of the bottom of each side being the same as that of the top of the body A. These sides are mounted upon the tank top or pan E upright, and their inner edges are parallel to each other. I also provide each side piece with an inwardly-projecting flange, a. The back part of the opening between the side piec'es is closed, and the back of the can-cover formed by connecting the sides by a curved metal sheet, I), which is secured to the side pieces a little above the flanges a and parallel to them.

0 is a sliding cover, fitting between the side pieces, and also in the spaces between the flanges a-and the back b, and constructed with a lip, c, the front edge of which is rounded upon the same curve as the top of the tankbody. The flanges a and back I) operate as guides upon the edges of the cover 0, and also to hold it as it-is being opened or closed. The space between the back b and the top of the (No model.)

tank body or pan E that is, between the points where the sides are fastened to the body or pan E-is closed by the fiat plate d.

E is the pan, which in this construction covers the whole top of the tank, and in the bottom of it I insert a drip or strainer, 6, un der the pumpspout, to catch the drippings from the spout and from the measures and funnels. and permit such oil to pass back into the tank.

F is the pump, ofany ordinary construction.

When the tank is closed, the lip 0 covers the opening corresponding to that filled by the plate at.

As the cover 0 is raised, it slides back and under the back I), carrying with it the lip c and opening the pan clear out to the front of the tank.

That I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An oil-tank cover consisting of the con vex sides B, with flanges a upon their upright curved edges mounted parallel to each other, the curved back 6, secured to the sides and lying parallel to the curve of the edges and flanges upon the sides, the cover 0, provided with lip c, fitting and sliding under the back I) and over the flanges a, and the plate d, sub stantially as shown and described.

2. An oil-tank consisting of the body A, provided with a pan, E, extending over the whole top of the tank and having a drip, e, in its bottom, and the pump F, in combination with the cover, consisting of the convex sides B, with flanges or upon their upright curved edges mounted upon the body parallel to each other, the curved back 6, secured to the sides and lying parallel to the flanges a, the cover 0, provided with lip c, fitting and sliding under the back I; and over the flanges a, and the plate (Z, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of February, 1885.

SYLVESTER VAN ANTWERP.

In presence of- O. W. SMITH, S. BRooKs BACON. 

